Shield your business

Shield your business

Accounting firm PwC says the ‘big five’ economic crimes are: asset misappropriation (number one globally), accounting fraud, bribery, procurement fraud and cybercrime, with human resources fraud another increasingly common form. PwC says the incidence of fraud is...
Time to choose your direction

Time to choose your direction

These important reforms will ensure that accountants remain on the right side of the law. They will let accountants provide investment advice. But they will also require accountants to choose the future direction of their practice. “Most accountants want the ability...
Offshoring: New directions

Offshoring: New directions

David Carter, chief executive of outsourced accountancy services provider Odyssey Resources, says the original driver of offshoring activity was the simple fact that “there are not enough accountants in Australia” to service the increasing compliance workload – and...